justifying

Meaning of justifying

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. show or prove to be right or reasonable.
    the person appointed has fully justified our confidence
  2. declare or make righteous in the sight of God.
    one of the elect, justified by faith
  3. adjust (a line of type or piece of text) so that the print fills a space evenly or forms a straight edge at the margin.
    in most European languages you justify text by adding space between letters and words

Middle English (in the senses ‘administer justice to’ and ‘inflict a judicial penalty on’): from Old French justifier, from Christian Latin justificare ‘do justice to’, from Latin justus (see just).

Information about justifying

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of justifying

jus-ti-fy-ing

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • justifying is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

justifying synonyms

Meaning give a reason so as to justify or excuse (an action or event):

explain

Meaning attempt to explain or justify (behaviour or an attitude) with logical reasons, even if these are not appropriate:

rationalize

Meaning speak or write in favour of (an action or person); attempt to justify:

defend

Meaning show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified:

vindicate

Meaning provide evidence to support or prove the truth of:

substantiate

Meaning confirm or support (something which has been questioned):

uphold

Meaning uphold, affirm, or confirm the justice or validity of:

sustain

Meaning set up on a firm or permanent basis:

establish

Meaning make legitimate:

legitimize

Meaning make legitimate or lawful:

legitimatize

Words that rhyme with justifying

betra'ying, Maying, abraying, affraying, alaying, allaying, apaying, appaying, arraying, assaying, baying, belaying, bendaying, beraying, betraying, bewraying, bioassaying, braying, bricklaying, cardplaying, causewaying, claying, daying, decaying, deejaying, defraying, delaying, denaying, deraying, disarraying, dismaying, displaying, doomsaying, downplaying, draying, effraying, embaying, endplaying, essaying, estraying, faying, flaying, foraying, forelaying, foresaying, forraying, forsaying, fraying, gainsaying, gatewaying

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